D. D. PAGE. Page & Bacon, E. D. BACON. Banking House, No. 139 Main street, St, Louis; next door to the Bank of Missouri. N. B. Deposits received, Drafts and Notes from all parts of the Union collected, and exchange on the East and South for sale at all times. Also, Branches of Exchange and Banking Houses at San Francisco and Sacramento Cities, California. Loker, Reneck & Co., Bankers and Exchange Dealers, No. 132 Main st., west side, third door north of Pine st., St. Louis, Mo. Interest paid to depositors, drafts and notes collected, sight and time bills purchased and sight exchange on the eastern cities and New Orleans for sale at the lowest rates in sums to suit purchasers. John J. Anderson & Co., Bankers and Exchange Dealers, on the North-West corner of Main and Olive streets, St. Louis Mo. Interest paid to depositors, drafts and notes collected, sight and time bills purchased and exchange on the eastern cities and New Orleans for sale at the lowest rates. L A. Benoist & Co., Bankers and Exchange Dealers, No. 83 Main st.. east side, third door north of Olive st.. St. Louis, Mo. Interest paid to depositors, drafts and notes collected, sight and time bills purchased, and sight exchange on the eastern cities and New Orleans for sale, at the lowest rates, in sums to suit purchasers. J. H. BILLING. EXCHANGE BANK. Haskell & Co., Bankers and Exchange Dealers, corner of Main and Vine Streets, ST. LOUIS. MO. UY and sell exchange on all the eastern, western, and southern cities; all BUY and sell and Foreign Gold and Silver, Land warrants bought and sold, and fully guaranteed. Collections made on all cities, and promptly remitted for, at current rates of exchange, free of charge. I Interest allowed on deposits on time, or to be checked for at sight. The highest price paid for Gold Dust. Wolf & Engert, MPORTERS and Dealers in Paper-Hangings, colors and Fancy Papers, No. 49 South Second street, between Elm and Myrtle, St. Louis, Mo. Constant lv on hand, all kinds of Oil and Water Colors, Paper-Hangings, Chimney Screnes, Tester Pieces, Window shades, Marble, Marroquin, Gold and Silver Paper, Painters' and Dutch Gold Bronze, Lead Pencils, Paint Boxes, Paint Brushes, Drawing Paper &c. April, 1850. F. Dings & Co., MPORTERS of German, French and English Fancy Goods, and Manufacturers of all kinds of IN BRUSHES. No. 47, Main street, St. Louis, Mo. I.-MISSOURI. Causes which have hindered its settlement-Causes cal- culated to accelerate its settlement in future Inducements to emi- grate-A glance at the future destiny of the State; policy and duty of its present inhabitants-To what extent may the present genera- tion draw upon the resourses of the next for purposes of improve- II.-IMPROVEMENTS IN BLEACHING AND PREPARATION OF FLAX. Professor Claussen's improvements--the specification... III-INFLUENCE OF COMMERCE UPON LANGUAGE. Effects of commerce on language-Commerce influencing language-Ccpi- ousness caused by extensive commerce-Advantages of a copious language-Differences in the American and English languages- probable progress and present position of the American language IV. ALLIANCE OF CHEMISTRY WITH PHYSIOLOGY. Divi- sion of food into nourishment and materials for combustion-Effects of atmospheric Oxygen.-Balance of Carbon and oxygen-Animal heat, its laws and influence on the animal functions-Loss and sup- ply-Agency of oxygen in disease-Respiration. From Professor LIEBIG's Familar Letters on Chemistry. V.-TOWNS AND STATISTICS OF MINNESOTA.-History, descrip- tion and statistics of St. Paul, St. Anthony, Stillwater, the St. Croix and the Pineries-Table of steamboat arrivals at Fort Snelling for the past six years-Time of opening and closing of navigation at St. Paul for six years-Education and schools in Minnesota....... COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. STATEMENT exhibiting the number of American and foreign vessels, with their tonnage, which entered into the United States from foreign countries, during the year ending June 30, 1850...... STATEMENT exhibiting the national character of the foreign vessels which entered into and cleared from the United States, for foreign countries, during the year ending June 30, 1850..... STATEMENT exhibiting the number of American and foreign vessels with their tonnage, which entered into each District of the United States, from foreign countries, during the year ending June 30, 1850 TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES ON 30TH JUNE, 1850................ COMMERCIAL LAW. MERCHANT'S LICENSE LAW OF MISSOURI.-Dicision of the Supreme Court of Mo. in the case of Wayman Crow et al. Appellants vs. State of Mo. Appellee.... JOURNAL OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD LITERARY DEPARTMENT. DISCURSIVE VIEWS ON VARIOUS ESTHETIC SUBJECTS. From the German of Schiller. By HENRY COBB, Esq. Member of the St. Louis bar 125 126 127 128 129 131 133 “HERE HE LIES." By Miss M. B. A. From the Ciceronean Maga zine 139 The history of the past is of little use to one ignorant of existing facts: the genius of the present age, the social condition, intelligence, and pursuits of the people; the geographical relations and physical resources of the country are facts which must be known before we can make a practical application of historical knowledge. In general, individuals, who devote much time to literary pursuits, pay but little attention to the study and investigation of subjects relating to the present or future condition of their own country. Their minds become familiarized with, and delight to dwell upon, distant events and remote objects, whether of time or place; while they seem to regard those things which lie within the sphere of their more immediate observation, as unworthy of contemplation, and incapable of affording either pleasure or profit: nor is this state of mind peculiar to the literary portion of our countrymen. Few of our people, whatever may be the grade of their intelligence, seem to regard a knowledge of the resources of their respective States as an accomplishment worth the time employed in its acquisition; and but few, we believe, even cultivate a taste for the improvement of their own homesteads. These observations may be regarded as applicable to the American population at large; but nowhere else have we observed a people whose appreciation of their own country was so low as seems to have been that of the inhabitants of Missouri in times past; and we are persuaded that it is owing, at least in part, to this cause that the settlement of this State has progressed by such slow degrees. During a residence of nearly thirty years in different frontier settlements, we have always observed a desire manifested on the part of the early inhabitants to encourage emigrants to settle amongt them but such does not seem to have been the case in Missouri. Whether this peculiarity of the Missourians was owing to an honest conviction that people could do better anywhere else than here, or to a feeling of exclusiveness, need not be discussed in connection with the present subject: but the time is fresh in the memory of many, when emigrants to Missouri were regarded with caution, if not with some degree of suspicion: and many were the surmises of the older inhabitants as to the causes which expelled the intruder from the community whence he came-they seemed to be unconscious that the country itself offered any inducements. Nor have the resources of the State been properly understood and appreciated in other parts of the Union. The mild climate and varied products of the central region were less attractive to the enterprising emigrant than the staples of more southern and northern latitudes; and consequently Missouri and Southern Illinois, though inhabited by white men at an early period of Western history, have not been settled, and their resources developed with that degree of rapidity which has distinguished the growth of other parts of the West. A change, however, in this respect has taken place within a few years past; and if the spirit of enterprise, which has been awakened in Missouri and Illinois, should be fostered by the people, and encouraged and sustained by judicious legislation, the progress of these States in population and wealth will, henceforth, far exceed that of any other part of the continent of equal area. The many advantages of the central region are beginning to be understood and appreciated. This is the true region of Indian corn, of grass, of grapes, of pork and of beef; also, of hemp and tobacco. Wheat, and all other grain bearing cereals; potatoes, flax, and wool may all be cultivated with profit. It is also the true apple region; while it produces almost every variety of other fruits that thrive elsewhere in the temperate zone. And, if in connection with these products we take into consideration its boundless mineral resources, we shall discover that the elements of wealth and comfort are more abundant and varied than on any other part of the whole earth; and the time is near when men will wonder how it happened that a country so much to be desired remained unimproved so long after its discovery. We deprecate the practice of extolling a country above its merits. We would not willingly mislead the humblest emigrant that may ever reach our shores: and therefore we should say that, notwithstanding the boundless resources of this region, none should imagine that wealth can be obtained without industry; or, that these resources can be developed without enterprise. But it may be safely affirmed that in no other country are the rewards of labor more sufficient and certain; or the inducements to the undertaking of individual and social enterprises greater. Every department of industry is based on a more permanent foundation in Missouri than in the Northern or Southern States. No pursuit indicated by the climate and natural resources of the country, when once established here, can ever suffer materially from the competition of other |